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Entries from Tuesday, November 19. 2013

Tuesday, November 19. 2013

Mr. Windy Sunday - Nov. 17th, 2013 - ... Posted by Pauline Trabert in Passenger Car Department at 13:12

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Mr. Windy Sunday - Nov. 17th, 2013 - Passenger Car Update

Mike McCraren was working on peeling carpeting off walls in the Pacific Peak in the streamliner set. Mike Baksic and Jack Biesterfeld were putting a wall back up in the Boston and Maine #1094 wooden cafe-coach.

Jon Habegger, Shelly Vanderschaegen and Kevin Kreibs finished the second coat of paint on the ceiling of the second Exhibit Car.

Kevin Kreibs admires the finished ceiling painting in the 2nd Exhibit Car 11/17/13

Buzz Morisette was a busy guy in the Ely dining room over the course of three days last week. He epoxied the wood left on the ceiling to make it stronger, and then cut the braces to fit. He dry fit the braces and penciled in where to put the bolts then drilled holes through both pieces of wood, bolted them, and then primed them.

Newly installed ceiling braces in the Ely dining room

Focus on the second brace installed by Buzz

John McKelvey finished one last seat back for the DM&IR #84 car before flying south for the winter with all the other Snowbirds.

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Paul Sack about OHIO Locomotive Crane - June 29, 2013
Thu, 07-13-2017 23:53
Mark Secco your the best. Your favorite Proviso yard pilot.

Jeron G about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Thu, 07-13-2017 06:02
Jerry, we only have one six axle GE locomotive, and that's BN 5383 which is very much green and black. The only GE unit that has been in the location [...]

Jerry Pyfer about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Wed, 07-12-2017 16:37
UP yellow is quite different that ATSF blue & yellow. This was a six axle unit as well. I will now go away being the only one to see a ATSF GE and a [...]

Mike G. about Luncheon is served in the Birmingham
Mon, 07-10-2017 17:52
CNW was the "helper" on the Thomas train this past weekend, also power for the bilevels used to pick up the stranded passengers after the simulated [...]

Jeron G about Luncheon is served in the Birmingham
Mon, 07-10-2017 14:58
CNW 411 has been running just about every day a diesel has been needed. It's helping Thomas with his train during his and Percy's visit this year.

Tom about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Mon, 07-10-2017 09:41
It's a Union Pacific GE Dash8-40B #1848. Been on campus for a few years.

Tom about Luncheon is served in the Birmingham
Mon, 07-10-2017 09:31
It's been running this season with the Bi-Levels and the coach train.

Gary J. Jahnke about Luncheon is served in the Birmingham
Sat, 07-08-2017 20:03
Any update on CNW #411? Really miss seeing that locomotive on the rails...

Jerry Pyfer about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Sat, 07-08-2017 18:20
Sorry about running this on the 9908 topic, but I couldn't get a new topic going. Anyway, I do know my diesels and it was not the ATSF FM unit. The [...]

Lucas McKay about New Acquisation: What is CN 15444?
Tue, 07-04-2017 17:17
What is the current status of this car? Is it still waiting to be moved?

Mike G. about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Sun, 07-02-2017 07:56
A bit more information: ATSF 543 is one of only 3 Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44-TS yard switchers ever built. They had an extended frame and short hood to [...]

Michael Blecher about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Thu, 06-29-2017 13:28
For the BN unit I would keep to when it was work for BN on the metra lines but get some bi levels and take metra off the side of the bi levels and put [...]